Kinematographic apparatus.



S. SEISGHAB. KINEMATOGRAPHIO APPARATUS. APPLIOATION 111.111) 111mm, 1910.

986,318,V Y Patented Man?, 1911.

S. SBISGHAB.

KINEMATOGRAPHIG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

@Zn/asses STEPHAN 'sEIscHAa o1?- Nima:Minimo,7V GERMANY.

KINEMATOGBAPHIC APPARATUS.

4 Speciiication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1911.

Application nieu August 17, i910. serial No. 577,635.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Beit known that I, STEPHAN SEIsoHAu, of Nuremberg, Bavaria,- Germany, f have invented au Improvement inl or Relating to Kinematographic Apparatus, of which the following description, in connect-ion with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

This graphic ting or adjusting the film in the exposure vwindow or aperture and a device posltively connected to it, forcorrespondingly adjusting ^the shutter.' j

The novel feature of the invention consists in the whole mechanism used both for advancing thepicture bandgand for rotating the closing shutter, bein supported on a double-armed beam which can be adjusted by means of an adjustment device and oscillate about the spindle of thecrankor driving wheel, in such manner that on the one arm is mounted the toothed wheel driving the film advancing roller by means of a Maltese cross and engaging with the crankor driving wheel, while opposite, on the other arm, is arranged the shutter which is driven by a pinion also engaging with the driving wheel.

Owing to this arrangement, in addition to the exceedingly simple constructiomlthe film can be very quickly and accurately moved up and down in the exposure window or aperture,`by the adjustment of the double armed beam, while simultaneously withthe ladjustment of the picture, the shutter in front of the object glass'is adjusted to the same extent `in an exceedingly simple manner, closing of the shutter always coincide in the point of time, in spite of any movement of (the picture film in the exposurel window, so that very steady and. sharp projections are obtained.

' Apparatus are already known for-projecting kinematograph pictures, in which the adjustment ofthe ilm picturein the exposure window is effected by means of a lever, but in those constructions the adjustability and t-he freedom o fmovement of the film band are very limited. It .isalso no longer new per se tofmove simultaneously the closing shutter by the adjustment of the film advancing device.

The device according to the present invention enables any desired adjustment of invention relates to a kinematoand 2 being paratus having a device for setscrew c., In order to so that the advance of the iilm and the fork m is double width of a three toothed whee quired.v

Acdnstruction according to this invention is illustrated by way of example in Figures 1,-7 of the accompanying drawing, Figs. 1 a front elevation and plan of the new device. Fig. 3 a back view, while Figs. 4-7 show the diagrams of the movepicture, in spite of only engagements being. re-

vments. v

The tandard a carries the crank spindle y on w crank s, andV on the other' side, the toothed wheel g which is formed as a combined spur and bevel wheel. mounted in a well known manner the dis charge drum 1' for the film. The spindle q likewise carries la double-armed beam b pivoted about the bearing point D. For moving the ment of the beam, the latter is supported in a resilient manner by means of a screw 'w screwed through a slot in the beam into ich is mounted, on one side, thebealn l) is preferably used a set-v. j

obtain asteady movefilm to be made, even to the extent of the' On the same spindle is wall of the standard and carrying a resihf ent washer w resting against the beam. The beam is providedl with two opposite bearings d and e in which are mounted the spindles u and t' carrying driving pinions ,h and respectively whlch both engage with the crank wheel g, namely the first as a bevel wheel, and thesecond as a spur wheel. At

the free end of the spindle i. is mountedthe disk or cam Z with a pm Z, engaging in the well'known manner withtlie Maltese cross o (Fig. 6). The Maltese cross 0 is mounted on a spindle p supported by a fork m. The

connected to the beam b and consequently participates in all the movements of the latter. In addition to the Maltese cross, the spindle .p also carries the film advancing roller Above the roller u is arranged in a suitable manner the window or aperture F inr the lstandard a. The ilm the window Fover the advance or drivlng roller n, against which it is pressed by means of guide rollers nl n2. i

As the film frequently does not take up such a position in the window opening that the latter is exactly filled by picture on the film, the said picture must be shifted upward or downward during the working of the kinematograph. The shifting in question is effected in the present case by travels in the well known manner through A normal position of the beam,

' exact 'synchronism with raising or lowering the double armedv beam to a certain extent by adjusting the screw c.,

s for instance, the raising of the beam (Fig. 4) would result in the rolling of the pinion f in the direction of the dotted arrow to a certain extent on the crank wheel, the advance of the Maltese cross would take place a certain time later than in the case of the normal position of the beam, as-the pin Z1 comes a little later in engagement with the Maltese cross o in accordance with the form or shape of the wheel f. As, however, the advance must always take place exactly at the same time as the closing of the shutter, fv, the wheel l1. is secured to the other end of the beam, and when the latter is oscillated,

the wheel 7L is advanced to exactly the same angular extent as the wheel f, as both the y Wheels engage at the opposite sides with the same wheel g. 'Consequently the closing of the shutter takes place, in spite of any shifting of the beam or of the film, always in the advance of the lilm band.

Fig. 5 shows the position when the beam i shifted downward. The advance then takes placeV a little earlier than during the and the closing of the shutter will then also take place earlier to the same extent, so-that the advance of the film and the closing of the shutter again coincide exactly in the point of time. -On the spindle 'i there is further mounted a fly Wheel k for the purpose of insuring 'a steady, uniform movement of the. apparatus. The object glass ring t is secured to the window F in any well known or referred manner.

' claim 1. A kinematographic apparatus having a positive connection between the device for l the adjustment of the film band in the exposure window,1and that for the corres ndl ing shifting of the shutter, in whic the i whole driving mechanism for the advance of the band and for the operation of the I shutter, is mounted on a double-armed beam adjustable by means of a setting device and l oscillating about the spindle of the crank or driving Wheel, in such manner that on its one arm is mounted the toothed wheel o1'. pinion driving the advance rollerl of the film by means of a Maltese cross and engaging with the crank or driving Wheel,e while op site, on its other arm, the spindle of the shutter which is driven by means of a pinion engaging with the same crank or drivi wheel.

2. A'kinematograp apparatus comprising in combination, a driving shaft, a vlever 6o mounted on said shaft, film advancing and shutter means operatively connected with said shaft for adjustment and operation and mounted on said lever, and means for y shifting said lever to s chronously adjust said film advancing an shutter means.

3. A kinematograph apparatus comprising in combination, a pivotally mounted lever, film advancing means and shutter/ means mounted on said lever; mechanism operativel connected with said advancin means an shutter means for operation and adjustment thereof, and means for shiftin i said lever to synchronously adjust said udgvancing and shutter means.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence o two witnesses.)

STEPHAN SEISCHAB.

Witnesses: l HEINRICH Fm'rn HEINRICH HAUSMANN.

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